One of Ethical Culture Fieldston’s most famous alumni is John Robert Oppenheimer ‘21, theoretical physicist who directed the science, and the machinery behind the science, of the Manhattan Project, the secret war-time
Independent studies are a long beloved Fieldston tradition that allows students to go beyond the normal curriculum. For years now, independent studies have been a valuable way for students to connect with
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“State government is this humongous hulking beast of a bureaucracy,” says Josh Vlasto, a Fieldston Alum and former chief of staff to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo. And hardly anyone at
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At the bottom of the hill, adjacent to Van Cortlandt Park, sits Lloyd’s Carrot Cake, a quaint bakery, adored by Riverdale residents and Fieldston students alike. Student athletes who have competed or
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The noise from the Stu-Fac could only mean one thing. The Humanities class was in session. Our teachers had just told us that we would be going on a field trip on
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French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was attacked on January 7, marking the country’s most brutal terrorist plot since 1961. Two gunmen, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, burst into Hebdo’s Paris offices, killing
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